Roll-paper holder and cutter



(ModeL) G. E. YABGER. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 426,088. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

ifirzwmx UNITED STATES GEORGE E. YARGER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF FOSTORIA, OHIO.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,088, dated April22, 1890.

Application filed April 27, 1889, Serial No. 308,889. (ModeL) T0 (11%whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. YARGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Roll-Paper Holders andOutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to paper holders and cutters for rolls of paperin which a gravitating transverse weighted knife bears with its edge onthe roll, so that a pull on the loose end will cause the paper to be cutor torn evenly along the line of said edge, the knife or cutterdescending as the roll decreases.

My invention consists in the peculiar c011- struction and combination ofparts, hereinafter particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofthe apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section on theplane of the axis of the roll 5 Fig. 3, a detail horizontal sectionthrough one of the standards, and Fig. a a detail perspective rear viewof the weighted cutter.

A designates the roll of paper to be cut; 13, the roller on which thispaper is wound; O, the standards, having bearings c, in which turn thejournals Z) of this roller; D, the base, to which said standards areremovably fastened by screws (1; E, the transverse top piece of theframe, to which said standards are similarly secured by screws 6, thiscross piece being also provided with a handle E. In the front of eachstandard is formed a vertical groove extending from the top of saidstandard about halfway to the bottom, and consisting of a narrow neck. fat the front face, a wider inner part F, approximately circular in crosssection, and a bowl-shaped enlargement g at the top, where the sidewalls of slot f are cut away.

weights II, arranged'on its upper side in advance of the pivotal pointsto insure suflicient pressure on the paper. From the rear part of saidcutter at the bases of said weights two gudgeons extend rearward, eachconsisting of a rounded terminal head G, fitted to slide and turn ingroove F, and a neck g fitted to slide up and down in the slotor narrowpart f of said groove. The enlargement gpermits this head to be easilyintroduced and removed; but the narrowness of slot f prevents thedislodgment of said head at any point below the top of the standard.Thus the cutter, though easily removable, will always be held securelyin its position transversely to the standards. The rounded shape of saidheads permits the edge h to turn down ward more and more as the rolldecreases, in order that said edge may always be presented mosteffectively. The necks g of the gud geons are of sufficient length toallow this continued tilting.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a paper holding and cutting device, a pair of standards havinginterior grooves or channels F and slots f, in combination with atransverse knife having rearwardly-exte11ding gudgeons consisting of theheads G, which slide up and down in grooves F, and the narrow necks g,which slide up and down in slots f, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a pair of hollow standards, a transverse knife orcutter having gudgeons provided with rounded heads, which slide up anddown within said standards, the latter being provided with slots f toallow the narrow parts of the gudgeons to move up and down, whilepreventing separation, substantially as set forth.

In combination with a pair of hollow standards having grooves orchannels F, slots f, and openings 9, the transverse paper-cutter havinggudgeons extending rearwardly from its ends and provided with roundedheads G and necks g, substantially as set forth.

4. In a paper-holder and device for cutting paper from rolls, thecombination of a transverse cutter having gudgeons provided with roundedheads and narrower necks, with standards having grooves adapted toreceive said heads and necks, the necks of said gudsaid cutter beingprovided with gudgeons geons' being of sufficient length to allow thewhich have rounded heads G and necks g,

downward tilting of said cutter as the roll substantially as set forth.

diminishes, for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof Iaffix mysignature in 5 5. In a paper-holder and device for cutting presence oftwo witnesses.

paper from rolls, the combination of apair of standards with atransverse vertically-mova- GEORGE E. YARGER. ble blade, said standardsbeing provided with Witnesses: Vertical grooves having a slot or narrowpart ALEXANDER BROWN,

so f and enlargements g, arranged as shown, and CHAS. L. GURNSEY.

